On This Day In Boxing History!

Roberto Duran vs Ray Lampkin

March 2nd, 1975

WBA World Lightweight Title

Gimnasio Nuevo, Panama City Panama

March 2nd

1892: Bob Fitzsimmons RTD1 Peter Maher - unofficially, as the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship on a sandbar in the Rio Grande just far enough outside of the American city of Langtry, Texas  

1896: Kid McCoy KO15 Tommy Ryan - This fight was an important part of the "Kid" McCoy legend. Ryan had been McCoy's sparring partner and notoriously hard on him. Before the fight, McCoy reportedly played a trick on Ryan, using flour on his face to appear pale and frail and claiming to be ill with consumption.Falling for the ruse, Ryan reportedly took it easy on McCoy early in the fight, and by the 15th round, McCoy knocked him out. This upset victory helped establish McCoy's reputation as a tricky and dangerous fighter.

1915: Benny Leonard ND10 Johnny Dundee

1929: Emile "Spider" Pladner KO1 Frankie Genaro

Fidel LaBarba W15 Billy Grime

1936: Freddie Miller W15 Petey Sarron

Tony Canzoneri KO2 Steve Halaiko

Ken Overlin W10 Tony Fisher

Ceferino Garcia D10 Jackie Burke

1953: Eusebio Pedroza was born in Panama City, Panama

Buster Drayton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1969: Oleg Maskaev was born Abay, Kazakhstan

1971: Bob Foster KO4 Hal Carroll

Jimmy Ellis KO10 Tony Doyle

Brian Kelly W12 Alonzo Harris

1975: Roberto Duran KO14 Ray Lampkin

Joe Frazier KO9 Jimmy Ellis

1977: Sirimongkol Singmanassak born.

1980: Hilmer Kenty the first Kronk fighter to win a title KO9 Ernesto Espana

1984: Chris Algieri was born in Huntington, New York

1985: Aaron Pryor W15 Gary Hinton

Florida State Golden Gloves Super-Heavyweight Open division bout, Brooks collapsed and later died

1996: Tom Johnson KO12 Ever Beleno

Sugarboy Malinga W12 Nigel Benn

2001: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam KO1 Malcolm Tunacao

2002: Gerry Penalosa WTD8 Joel Avila

2003: Hozumi Hasegawa W10 Naphdetsh Soonkilanoyani

2004: Mario Veit W10 Siarhei Karanevich

Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym KO2 Oscar Chacin

2006: Lubos Suda KO3 Edson Cesar Antonio

2007: Nate Campbell W12 Ricky Quiles

Cesar Canchila KO12 Miguel Tellez

Elio Rojas W10 Johnnie Edwards

Devon Alexander KO7 Scott Ball

BJ Flores W12 Patrick Nwamu

2008: Alejandra Oliveras MD10 Jackie Nava    

Macbute Sinyabi KO1 Tshepo Mofokeng

2010: Edrin Dapudong KO2 Nelson Llanos

2012: Sonny Boy Jaro TKO6 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam

Joan Guzman KO8 Jesus Pabon

2013: Donnie Nietes MD12 Moises Fuentes

Ramona Kuehne W10 Halanna Dos Santos

Paulus Ambunda W12 Panya Uthok

Zulina Munoz W10 Tenkai Tsunami

Chris van Heerden W12 Matthew Hatton

Richar Abril W12 Sharif Bogere

2017: Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO7 Carlos Carlson